Jesu, The Dandy Warhols, Bat for Lashes and Gangi are among the 32 artists have covered songs by The Cure for a new double disc tribute album, entitled “Perfect As Cats: A Tribute to The Cure“. The CD is due out on October 28 via the Los Angeles-based indie label Manimal, and will benefit the Invisible Children organisation.
You can listen to the tracks and find out more details about the artists and the charity at myspace.com/perfectascats, and here’s the effort’s complete tracklist:
- CD 1:
Xu Xu Fang – “Fascination Street”
Bat for Lashes – “A Forest”
Hecuba – “Killing an Arab”
Astrid Quay of Winter Flowers – “The Caterpillar”
Indian Jewelry – “The Walk”
Rainbow Arabia – “Six Different Ways”
We Are the World – “Why Can’t I Be You?”
Blackblack – “In Between Days”
Rio en Medio – “Pictures of You”
Gangi – “Fire in Cairo”
Joker’s Daughter – “Kyoto Song”
Aquaserge & Laure Briard – “10.15 Saturday Night” (French version)
The Muslims – “Grinding Halt”
Voyager One – “M”
Ex-Reverie – “The Hanging Garden”
Caroline Weeks of Bat for Lashes – “The Drowning Man”
Devastations – “All Cats Are Gray” - CD 2:
The Dandy Warhols – “Primary”
Veil Veil Vanish – “The Upstairs Room”
Wolkfin (ex-Junior Senior) – “Charlotte Sometimes”
Army Navy – “Jumping Someone Else’s Train”
Ich bin Aiko – “A Strange Day”
Lemon Sun – “The Exploding Boy”
Corridor – “The Kiss”
Katrine Ottosen – “The Love Cats”
Silver Summit – “A Night Like This”
Mariee Sioux – “Love Song”
Kaki King – “Close to Me”
Buddy – “Sugar Girl”
Les Bicyclettes Blanches – “Hot Hot Hot!”
Tara Busch – “Let’s Go to Bed”
Jesu – “The Funeral Party”
Sarabeth Tucek – “Three Imaginary Boys”
Lewis & Clarke – “Disintegration”